The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

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The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 2, 2023.

1. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
Luke Russert, Harper Horizon, $28.99, 9780785291817

2. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
Jamie Loftus, Forge Books, $26.99, 9781250847744

3. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
Rinker Buck, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781501106385

4. Riverman: An American Odyssey
Ben McGrath, Vintage, $18, 9781101973615

5. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain
Andrew McCarthy, Grand Central, $28, 9781538709207

6. Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
Alba Donati, Scribner, $17.99, 9781668015568

7. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America
Krista Burton, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668000533

8. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
Blythe Roberson, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063115514

9. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143109396

10. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-Mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
Will Grant, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316422314

11. All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World
Will Sofrin, Harry N. Abrams, $28, 9781419767067

12. The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World
Cathy Yandell, St. Martin's Press, $27, 9781250777980

13. Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area
Olivia Allen-Price, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797214368

14. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $37.50, 9780062802798

15. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $18, 9781101873441

16. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home
Anya von Bremzen, Penguin Press, $30, 9780735223165

17. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal
Neil King, Mariner Books, $32.50, 9780358701491

18. Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures
Connie Wang, Viking, $28, 9780593490921

19. The Intimate City: Walking New York
Michael Kimmelman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298411

20. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman, Timber Press, $18.99, 9781643262185

21. A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143037248

22. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060012786

23. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
Rinker Buck, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781451659177

24. The Salt Path: A Memoir
Raynor Winn, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143134114

25. Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Joshua Foer, Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura, Workman, $40, 9781523506484